The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

The Metropolitan Railway schemes. The report of the joint committee of both Houses of Parliament appointed to consider the host method of dealing with tho railway schemes proposed to be earctioned within the limits of the metropolis states that "Thee railway schemes that have been referred for the consideration of the joint-committee are of extraordinary magnitude for so limited an area as tEc metropolitan railway district, extending over a length of 174 miles in the aggregate, involving the raising a capital of nearly £33,000,000 in shares and of £11,030,000 by loan, creating alarm among the holders of a vast amount of property, and in terfering, daring the construction of the proposed works, with many important public thoroughfares. They include the construction of not less than four new railway bridges across the Thames, two of th€m of gigantic size below London-bridge. It is stated by the surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London that the lands and bui:dings scheduled in tho city of London for the proposed railway schemes comprise about one-fourth of the:entire area of the city. "The committee are of opinion that the:following bills or parts of bills should not be proceeded with daring the present session :—Victoria Station and 'Thames Embankment, Oxford-street and City, I indon Main Trunk, Underground Metropolitan Grand Union (the portion south of Thames-street), C.aring•cross (Northern), Charing-cross (Western), London Union, Metropolitan District (a portion forming the outer circuit), Tottenham and Far. ringdon-street. " The committee recommend that the fees which have been incurred in respect of the said bills be remitted. "The two first.named of these lines are proposed to be worked on the pneumatic principle —a prin ciple hitherto untried as applied to railway passen ger carriages, and it seems undesirable that the experiment should first be made in an important public thoroughfare. They ore passenger railways, and are intended to relieve the streets of omnibus end cab traffic. The necessity for any such lines has been to some extent lessened, supposing the rail ways form;ng the inner circuit scheme referred to in a subsequent part of this report be sanctioned. " The London Main Trunk Underground Rail way proposes to provide a more central station for tam- Great Eastern, an object which is also sought to be at- omplished by the Great Eastern itself by the Gre,At Eastern Metropolitan Station a n d Rail way Bill. The Select Committee of the House o f Lords on me.' ropolitan railway communication of last Session recot: mended that the Great E as t ern should be allowed to •stablish a more c e nt ra l sta . tion than it has at presex. " The portion of the MeL`.repolitan Grand Union south of Thames-street which he committee recom- . _ men :I should not be proceeded with involves a high level bridge over the river below London-bridge. The connexion between the railways north and 'oath of the river at the end of the marcpolis might, it appears to the committee, be better effected by the East London through the Thames Tunnel and the proposed abandonment approved by the pro moters, and the committee recommend that they should be allowed to amend their estimate, and be Termittcd to withdraw a portion of their deposit. " Three schemes on this list, the Charinpeross (Western), the London Union, and the portions of the metropolitan district railways proposed to be positponed, in addition to other objections, require the coaetruction of bridges across the Thames, one of them being a high level bridge below London bridge. It is further to be observed with reference to I these schemes that railway communication between the lines north and south of the Thames already exists on the Westminster side of the metropolis by means of the West London and West London ex 'frnsions railways, and another line is in course of construction through the centre of London by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, which when 'completed will unite their south London system ith. the Metropolitan Railway at Farringdon street, thereby giving them a communication with the Great Northern line, and thus of necessity con necting the Charing-cross and South Eastern Rail ways at Charing-cross with any of the main lines the north, as proposed by any of the last-men- Caved schemes is not urgent. "'4 he Tottenham and Farringdon-street Railway, by which it is proposed to connect the Cambridge line of the Great Eastern with the station at Far- ring,loa•street is open to the same objection urged agairLit the Charing-cross (Northern), and the Tottenham and Hampatead (extension to Charing cross) in that it tends to create a great central station, inastouch as the Great Northern, the Mid land, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way, are already brought in direct station commu nication with the Metropolitan Railway at Far ringdon-street. As the Great Eastern Railway is another scheme for an approved station, which the committee recommend should proceed, it appears desirable that this bill should be postponed, at all events until it can be known by experience whether any inconvenient amount of traffic will be concen trated at Farringdon-street by the lines already to meet there. " The estimated capital required for the construc tion of the schemes above proposed to be postponed amounts to 118,300,000 in the aggregate, exclusive .of what was proposed to be raised by loan for the purpose of the undertaking. The remainder of the sum of estimated expenditure above referred to may be expected to be reduced by the rejection of some of the schemes allowed to proceed. " Without expressing any opinion as to the merits of the following bills, the committee recommend atria they should be proceeded with in the ordinary course, being only improvements of existing lines or works connecting links of a very limited extent, for enlargement oflstations in no way conflicting with any comprehensive system of metropolitan railways —viz., Great Northern and Victoria Station, Lon don and Blackwall (Extension) ; London, Brighton, and South Coast (new lines in Battersea); Great Northern (No. 1, Barnet branch) ; London and North Western (additional powers): London and South Western (additional works) ; North London (additional powers); London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2) ; Great Eastern (junctions, except junction No. 3) ; Midland and St. Pancras branch; Metro politan (additional powers). " The committee also recommended that the Me tropolitan and St. John's Wood should be allowed to proceed, as it is a line that passes through a not very populous but increasing district without inter fering with much property, The committee might and in no way compet . with any oth er Scheme Hera remark that it is proposed to be constructed as a single line only. "The committee also recommend th a t mersmith, Midland, and North Weste r n • d Cha to an o ring-cross Junction shall be allowedrnt, the Ham an This scheme is in some degree open already referred to, that it tends to createl Jection Proceed. b central station at Charing cross. It, however pro addition to the railway, which is to be con P :t aes te : i wholly in tunnel, to form three new streets r o tl a c e — f them of a very important character, in continuation, of Tottenham-court-road from Oxford-street, in a direct line to St. Martin's-lane, near Aldridge's Re pository, and from thence to the Thames Embank ment, near Chariug-cross Railway Station. This new thoroughfare would be a substitute for the pre sent objectionable road through Seven-dials and High-street, St. Giles, and be a great public im provement. The combination of new streets in crowded parts of the metropolis, with the construc tion of new railways, was recommended in the re port of the Lords' Committee last session. The com mittee are of opinion that if the select committee to which the bill for these schemes may be referred should see fit to sanction the scheme they should do so only on condition that the new streets above referred to should be constructed cotemporaneously with the railway, and that provision should be made in the bill for insuring its completion. " The committee concur in the opinion expressed by the select committee of the House of Lords on metropolitan railway communication last session in their third report, that, with a view to the distri bution of passenger traffic arriving by the main lines of railway coming within the metropolis, and also the relieving the crowded streets by the ab- sorption of a large portion of the omnibus and cab traffic, the cempletion of the ir u2r circuit of rail-. ways is desirable. "It was estimated by the eviclenc3 efore the committee that great additional accox.mcdation, especially for the labouring classes, is daily becoming more necessary, while there is no prospect of the present ordinary means of conveyance being at all adequate to future wants, and they are of opinion that the following schemes which contribute towards the formation of such a circuit may pro. perly be proceeded with. " Metropolitan District Railways (the portion forming the inner circuit 32, 33, 34, and junction! 7,8, and 9). "Metropolitan Railway (Trinity - Equare, Exten sion). Nretropolitan Railway (Notting-hill and Brompton Extension). " Metropolitan Grand Union (portion north of the Thames). " The committee are also of opinion that the following schemes—viz., the East London, Great Eastern (Metropolitan stations and railways), Great Eastern (junction No. 8), North London (Kingsland and Tottenham line), Walthamstow, Clapton, and City may be properly proceeded with and as these schemes more or less enter into com munication, or compete or conflict in levels with the schemes above referred to, as designed to form the inner circuit, and with each other, the committee are of opinion that all the above schemes may with advantage be grouped together, and be referred to the same select committee. "In making these recommendations the committee are of opinion that the greatest accommodation to the public will not be secured by treating the two schemes which pursue almost the same line from Kensington to Brompton to the City merely as com peting schemes, one of which is to be preferred to the exclusion of the other. The committee are of opinion that the promoters of these schemes should be recommended to communicate together and with the surveyors of the City and Metropolitan Board of Works, and devise the most perfect line which their several plans will admit of. By a relaxation of the standing orders such revised plan may be embodied in one Bill. The Metropolitan Railway (Trinity-square Extension) and the Western branches of the East London Railway should also be part of the proposed consultation. By such a course much useless expenditure would be saved, and the interests of the Metropolis far better secured than by taking the chance of selection of one among the competing lines. " The committee observe with regret that two of the schemes which they have recommended should be allowed to proceed pass through Finsbury-circus in open cutting. They are, however, informed that the promoters of both are willing to substitute a covered way for the open cutting. In the event of the select committee finding it desirable to adopt either of those lines in preference to those which do not interfere with the Circus, the committee recom mend that effectual provision shall be made by which the time to elapse between th breaking up of any part of the garden and the completion of the works there and the proper restoration of the enclosure shall be as short as possible. " Although the committee have recommended that those portions of the metropolitan district rail ways scheme which are designed to form the outer circuit shall not be proceeded with, they concur with the House of Lords Committee of last Session in thinking an outer circuit desirable, and they are of opinion that this object might be accomplished by uniting the existing railways on the eastern side of the metropolis with one another, and connecting those of them which are situate on the north side of e Thames with the railways on the south side, ma ki ng use for this purpose of the Thames Tunnel. For this purpose it would be necessary for the East London to be in connection with the North London, the Great Eastern, and London and Blackwall Railways. This combination, taken in connection with the existing lines on the west and south of the metropolis, as suggested by the secretary of the London and North-Western Railway Company in his evidence before the committee, would complete the outer circuit, but it would be further necessary that mutual facilities to be secured by legislative enactment should be afforded by the several com panies for interchange of traffic!. " In order to give the public the full extent of the system of intercommunication such as that which has been suggested, it would be desirable that the select committee to whom the metropolitan schemes in question may be referred should require that such modifications may be made in the schemes that may be sanctioned as may be necessary for effecting the proposed combination, and also that a clause should be inserted in the bills of all railway companies having termini within the metropolitan district, for securing a mutual interchange or facilities for working the traffic upon railways in that districts on equitable terms among themselves, and without any undue preference, the terms to be settled in case of difference by the Board of Trade, or an arbitrator to be appoin'ed by that department. A clause should also, they think, be insertel in each of the bills providing that railways having their termini within the metropolis shall be subject to the provisions of any Act to be passed in the present or any future session fur the regulation of railways within the metropolis. "The committee are of opinion that some of the prooisions of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, require provisions in relation to the metropolitan arrangements, and they recommend the introduction of a bill for that purpose. They desire also to direct attention to a suggestion of Colonel Yolland's report to the Board of Trade as to the expediency of requiring all places for railways within the Metropolitan Railway district being drawn to the same datum line. "The committee are of opinion that in the pre sent session such of the bills proposing to sanction railway communication within the limit s o f the metropolis as re to be proceeded with should com mence in the liou:a of Commons." ons" The report conc l ude :stating that a map, showing th e ex i sting and pro t —Nied railways in the a metropolis, accompan i es the report, committee have di rec t e d t h e minute and that s of issues taken before them, together with the appendix, be reported. The Death of Colonel Brown, _ Mr. Shaw, barrister, No. 1, Harcourt -buildings, Temple, came to the Marlborough -street court yesterday, and, ad dressing Mr. Tyrwhitt, begged to make a short statement with reference to the death of Col, Browne, who died sud denly a few days ago under circumstances which had given rise to misapprehension, and which his family wished to see correctly explained, He (Mr. Shaw) was the nephew of Col. Browne, and, therefore, could vouch for these particu lars. Col. Browne had been spending the day with his (ap plicant's) brother, and had drank nothing whatever, being a remarkably abstemious man. IN hen ho left in the even ing the remark was made that the Colonel never appeared in butter health. Col. Mown° was seized with a sudden at tack of apoplexy while on the top of an omnibus in Picca dilly, and being taken charge of by the police, who were under the impression that ho was intoxicated, be was re moved to the station, where, becoming worse, he was at tended by the divisional surgeon, and ultimately sent home to lodgings in Regent-street, where h e s h ort l y after wards expired. He wished particularly to s t a t e th a t t h e sup position that Col. Brown was intoxicated was entirely un his founded. He did not wish to make any complaint against the police, but ho thought they ought to have allowed Col. Brown to have a cab to his lodgings, as he requested, espe cially a° a gentleman, now in court, Mr. Jeffi ies, son of the publisher in Soho-square, came up at the time and told the constables that ho knew the gentleman. He hoped, as the press had g i ven Publicity to the case, that this explanation would also be given to the public. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was difficult to discriminate some times butt eon eases of sudden illness and intoxication, and the police acted with proper discretion taking in parties to the statio think and giving them re f uge th ere . lie could hardly man t a cahe pol ice were to blame fur not putting the gentle- in b, although a stranger had come forward to say he kn ew hi m, for it not wai , quent I happened that pickpock e t s see i ng well-dre ssed suddenly ill persons taken came forward w ith their interestedP Ho had no doubt the pre ss wou l d attend to thesrvices• explanation now ten dered on behalf of the family of the deceased gentleman. Perms ho h, beer _ ersons who have _en in the habit of Paying weekly 118 borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and C o. ' s Sewing Machine Clubs. fly so doing they will not only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but a , the sarae time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every in formation given on application ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, N.C., where mere) rd lac en. NUM dully t>eviv l ci l 10 and ; Saturdne, 10 tuld*: 7 'HIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1864 Dielnorandum of Austria and Prussia to the Federal Diet, FRANEFORT, Feb. 23. At yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet the representatives of Austria and Prussia moved that the command of the Federal troops in Holstein should be transferred to the Commander-in Chief of the Austro-Prussian forces, and that two civil com missioners from the great German Powers should be appointed to share in the Government of the Duchy. The motion is to be pat to the vote in a week. Its presentation to the Diet was accompanied by the following memorandum : " Austria and Prussia—Upon the Ist October of last year the high Federal Diet passed the follow ing resolution :—"ro request the Governments of Saxony and Hanover to furnish to the civil com missioners a division of troops of about 6,000 men, in proportions to bq arranged ; but at the same time to request the Governments of Austria and Prussia, in community with those of Saxony and Hanover, to hold themselves ready to furnish a superior force for the immediate support of the said division in case of actual opposition to the carrying out of the execution.' " In consequence of this resolution, the four Go vernments charged with the execution have con certed together the requisite military measures which have been approved by the high Federal Assembly in its resolution of the 7th of December last, which says :—"rhe above-named Governments shall be made acquainted herewith, through their ambassa dors, and charged with making the necessary com munication to the Danish Government, as also with the execution of the measures in accordance with the military arrangements made by them. " It had been determined in these arrangements that Austria and Prussia should each place a first reserve of 5,000 men upon the Holstein frontier, and that, to admit of their more rapid concentration they should be placed under the orders of the Saxon commander-in-chief of the execution troops. In case, however, of hostilities upon a great scale being brought about by the Danish Government assuming a :hostile attitude, and threatening the Duchy of Holstein, the two above named Governments shall each put at least hn army corps in the field, and in that event the chief command over their united forces shall be regulated by arrangement between Austria and Prussia.! "The immediate execution has been carried out in Holstein without resistance, so that it has been possible to withdraw from that Duchy the troops which then formed the first reserves, and to allow of their advance into the Duchy of Schleswig with the other detachments of the Austrian and Prussian force. " The subsequent occurrences, which have as sumed the full character of war made by Denmark through the seizure of German ships by Danish cruisers, threaten the execution troops in Holstein as well as the allied army in Schleswig; and the former are now only protected against attacks from the north by the occupation of the Duchy of Schleswig by Austrian and Prussian troops. In so much as this circumstance—as recognised by the Saxon nation of the 15th of February last—shows the necessity of a stronger occupation of Holstein, Prussia and Austria, in accordance with the above quoted Federal resolution ,are first called upon for this purpose to bring the original execution corps under Lieutenant-General von Hake to its former strength, that is to say. to furnish 6,000 men to the first reserves in Holstein. " Herewith, however, the further contingency foreseen has occurred, namely, that the ' superior force' held in readiness by Austria and Prussia, and actively employed in covering to the northward the position of the execution corps, is now called upon to lend the execution troops that assistance which, according to arrangement, presupposes the common and united disposal of the command-in-chief upon which Austria and Prussia are agreed. "The representatives of Austria and Prussia are instructed to call especial notice to the pressing necessity, even from a purely military point of view, of this unity of the military chief command of the troops stationed in the Duchies of Holstein and Schleswig. Protection against hostile attack, the combination of strategic operations, and the suc cess of offensive and defensive war against the common adversary, can only be secured under a common head. "The Governments of Austria and Prussia be lieve that this measure is based upon the arrange ments approved by the Ligh Diet, the presupposi tions of which have already been realised. But they are the more desirous to obtain further approbation of these arrangements by the high Federal Diet, as all errors and misunderstandings, such as have arisen at Altona, will thus be avoided, and all rela tions will be definitively regulated. "They consider it at the same time as self-evident —as has been already expressed in the report of the committee of the 19th September last—that henceforth the Governments of Austria and Prussia shall each nominate a civil commissioner to conduct the administration of the Duchy of Holstein in con cert with the Saxon and Hanoverian commissioners, aid to enter into mutual relations with tho admini strative authorities in Schleswig. "Upon the basis of the proceeding, therefore, and hoping to obtain the assent of their Federal allies, the Governments of Austria and Prussia move— " 1. That the high Federal Diet may declare itself in reference to the arrangements between tho four Governments cited and approved in the Federal resolution of Dec. 7 last, Article 2, agreed that the chief command of the execution troops in Holstein should pass to the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro Prussian forces. " 2. That the high Federal Diet will bring this resolution to the knowledge of the Governments of Saxony and Hanover through their representatives, and request them to give the necessary orders to their military commanders. "3. That the high Federal Diet will approve the nomination of two new civil commissioners for Hol stein by Austria and Prussia, and will receive notice of the said nomination." he Circular Despatch of Prussia upon the Suc cession Question, nEnLIN, Feb. 27. --do by the Minister - -‘4tin agents The circular despatch forwa. for Foreign Affairs to the Prussian dipioli_ at the various German Courts, on the 14th inst., “-- just been published. It relates to the report of the committee of the Federal Diet upon the succession question, and is as follows : "Your excellency must be aware that at the sitting of the Federal Diet on the 11th inst., the majority of the committe e upon II Astein affiirs pre..qmted a report upon the succ ess i on quest i on, dwelling exclu sive!y upon the London Treaty of the Bth May, 1852, demanding that the Germanic Diet should acknowledge this treaty to be not binding upon the Confederation, declaring it impossible of execution and rejecting the pretensions of King Christian IX. of Denmark based upon this title. " The Ministers of Prussia and Austria, upon their parts, put forth a vote of the minority, of which a copy is appended. You will see, therefore, that we have not thought it conformable to the position and dignify of the Confederation that it should be occupied with a question which it has in no way at present treated ; that the first part of the report denies the validity of the Treaty of London, which has been affirmed by no one; that the second part expresses an opinion of the impossibility of carrying out the treaty--an opinion which clearly exceeds the limits of its competence ; and that the third part, lastly, rejects pretensions in the name of a title upon which they are not founded. " Your Excellency will be good enough to ex plain clearly to the Government of - these points of view, developed at greater length in the vote, and do what lies in your pawer that the represen tative of that Government at the Germanic Diet shall be furnished, for the vote which is to take place in a fortnight, with instructions agreeing with the said points of view." NOVEL MATCII.—A vary curious match has just been made, which will cause an immense deal of interast in sporting circles and lead to a groat deal of specu lation. A gallant colonel has laid a noble lord and friends 500 even that they do not cause a letter to be delivered by hand on horseback a distance of 30 miles within the hour. No restriction has been placed on the number of horses or riders to be employed on the occasion, and the match wil take place at Newmarket either on the Saturday in the Boughton Mooting or on the Monday following, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, lIAMMEIt SMITH AND CITY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the London Tavern—Mr. J. Parson in the chair. 'I he re fort was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said he had taken the chair on that occa • sion at the request of his colleagues, but intended to resign at the conclusion of the business. He then explained the various paragraphs in the runt. The permanent working agreement with the Groat Western Company would be for 10 years, and would commence from the opening of the line in July or August next. The great difficulty in respect of forming the junctions with the Great Western had been to accommodate the suburban traffic without interfering with the long and express traffic on that company's main line. The Hammersmith Company was to pay £25,000 towards the expense of constructing these junctions by the Great Western, and a rental of £6OO a year. He thought it a ju dicious arrangement for both companies. Then there was a &faulty to be overcome in respect to working the trains from the Hammersmith line to the Metropolitan line so that they should be enabled to run without delay at the junction into the heart of the city. The liabilities of the company were estimated at £90,000. The net cost of the land for rail way would be £72,000, the estimated cost of the land by the contractor was £16,500, to be paid for partly in shares and partly in debentures, equivalent to £lO,OOO in cash. The land for the railway had cost £BO,OOO, which was double the estimate. The contractor had paid £15,000 to be relieved from the land portion of his contract, and the company had to pay £25,000, including £4,210 for the portion of the T bet estate, making together the extra £lO,OOO. Tho com pany had a bill in Parliament for an extension from llam mersmith to Richmond. They now proposed to raise £60,000 on preference shares ; but Mr. Rummens, who had taken 17,000 out of the 18,000 shares of the capital of the com pany, had power to object to raising money on preference shares before the opening of the line, lest it should damage his interests in any way. Mr. Blake had resigned his seat at the board, and he (the chairman) would also resign. Mr. SURGEY seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it wrs carried. The directors were authorised to consolidate the 18,000 ordinary £lO shares into stock, Hr. G. C. Taylor was elected a director in the room of Mr. Brake, and Mr. G. C. Taylor was elected auditor. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of raising £60,000 by the issue of 5 per cent, preference shares, with a view to pay off the debts of the company ; but as Mr. Rummens, the contractor, objected b give his assent for two months, no resolution on the subject could be adopted. Mr. J. Parson then resigned his seat at the board, and loft the chair. A special meeting, convened by a requisition from the shareholders, was then held, and Mr. T. Eyre Foakes, a director, was called to the chair. A long discussion ensued regarding the proceedings in the recent case of " Parson v. Surgey," in which Mr. Parson, Mr. Surgey, Colonel Ward, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. Foakes, and other proprietors, took part, freely expressing their views on the subject of the recent trial as affecting the interests of the company. On the motion of Mr. M. S. TATHAM; seconded by Mr. A. 0. WirxixsoN, the following resolution was adopted : "That the shareholders retain the opinion expressed in the resolution passed at a former meeting, and cannot allow Messrs. Parson and Blake to retire without recording their entire concurrence in the comments of the Lord Chief Justice on the impropriety of directors speculating in land through which their railway is intended to pass." On the motion of Mr. G. SCLATER-BOOTH, M.P., se conded by Mr. T. CURTIS, the following resolution was unanimously passed:— " That this meeting desires very cordially to thank Mr. Surgey for his unremitting attention to the interests of the company, and to assure him that in defending on public grounds the action recently brought against him, he has rendered essential service not only to this company but to the public at large." It was:understood that the directors at their first meeting would elect Colonel Ward to the vacant seat at the board. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNC. TION. Thl half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at the Victoria Station, Westminster; Sir C, P. Roney in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Johnson, read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN - , in moving the adoption of the report, said that by the energy of the contractors in carrying on the works, and of the surveyor in obtaining the necessary lands, the progress since August had been considerable. There were two tunnels, the " Crescent Wood" tunnel, 370 yards long, and the " Paxton" tunnel, 440 yards leng, and in August last 41 yards had been completed of each of these tunnels, They now had 190 yards finished of the smaller one, and 223 yards of the larger tunnel. Unless some un foreseen accident occurred, both n ould be completed in about seven months, The heaviest work on the line was the great excavations which had to be made in the immediate vicinity of the company's station at the Crystal Palace. Of 411,000 cubic yards of excavation through the whole line, 200,000 had to be made in this cutting. Of the 411,000 cubic yards of eArtlass ork, 1,350 yards had been completed, There had been expended on account of property and works during the past six months £339,344, making the total expenditure £177,951. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. _ _ Sir C. 11. Rica seconded the motion, which was carried nein. COT S. On the motion of Mr. 1tr,13:3, the retiring directors, Sir C. P. Roney and Sir C. Rich, were rd •elected, as was also Mr. Banks, the retiring auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. STAINES, WOKINGIIAM, AND WOICING. Tho half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the offices in Lincoln's • inn-fields ; Mr. J. Garrard in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMSN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, though the traffic for the past half -year had re trograded, the traffic for the past year showed a decided in crease, as compared with former years. Some of the schemes before Parliament for railways to their line, if carried out, would act as feelers to it. Mr. WILKIN seconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted ; and a dividend at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock was declared. The retiring directors, Mr, J. Garrard and Mr. R. W. Kennard, were to elected, and also Mr. Prideaux, the re tiring auditor. SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held on Friday, at the offices, Vietori4.street, Westminster; Gtn, Forrester in the chair. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. J. :Parson, that a dividend on the preference shares b e paid at the rate of 41 per cent, per annum, and alsothat a dividend of 31 per cent. per annum be paid on the ordinary shares for the half-year ending Dec, 31. The retiring directors, Mr. J. S • Pakington and Mr. Wagstaff, were re-elected, as was also Mr, W, Phillips, the retiring auditor. It was agreed that £350 should be paid to the directors for services during the year. WHITEIIAVEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this compan3 was held at Whitehaven on Saturday—M r W. Miller in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and said that the directors had solid grounds for congratulating the shareholders upon the prosperous state of the undo - The receipts during t h e past h a lf year excee d e d by '-'ls of the c orresponding per i o d o f 1862, an d only beon checked by the intl. ‘s.an the sudden revival of ''ems of expendi ^harged takin g £5,500 the met e , its further development L., dequate supply of r o lli ng stock w,_ the iron trade took pl ace . Several largo ture properly belongin g t o capital account h a d b een to revenue, the capital o f the company b e i ng ex h aus ted, an t . in addition to this £5OO Lad been carried to renewal accoun t, and £l,OOO to comnen • 'a-on account. The directors recom mended a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. Mr. W. Luau seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A dividend of 20s. per share less income • tax, was then declared. A vote of th anks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. IVIIITEHAVEN AND FURNESS. The half-yearly meetin g of this company was held at Whitehaven on S a t ur d ay, Mr. w. Muller in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, i n moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors upon the increased receipts during the p as t half-Year, which would have been still larger if they h a d sufficient ' ro lli n g stock to meet the require runts of th e traff i c. L arge sums h a d been expended upon that object o u t o f revenue receipts during the past ha l f-year and it would be necessary to raise additional capital to meet ; their wants. Th e traffic still continued to increase, and the undertaking was i n a most prosperous condition. Mr. Lumit second e d t h e motion, w hi c h was carr i e d. A dividend of lls per share (less income tax) upon origi nal shares of the compa ny was th en declared. Mr. GREEN urged the directors to consider the question of amalgamating the various West Cumberland Railways. Mr. FURNESS said the directors would do everything in their power to promote the interests of the share holders. Mr. J. C. Holt was appointed auditor, and the proceed ings terminated with the customary votes of thanks. WIIITEIIAVEN, CLEATOR, AND EGREMONT. The half- Thursday, Mr. A. B . Steward in the chair. yearly me e ti ng was h e ld at Whit e h aven on The CIIAIIMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained how it was that the dividend was less than last half-year, although it was still the handsome amount of 12 per cent. When he proposed the payment of the last divi dend, which was at the rate of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 5 per cont., ho had cautioned t4e shareholders that it WAS exceptional. Now, however, as they had got their rolling stock in good condition, they migiat again hope for improve. mcnt. Mr. STIRLING seconded the motion, which was adopted. Mr. LUMB, referring to the projected competing line from Parton to the iron ore field, urged the reduction of the rafts with a view to avert the threatened opposition. The CHAIRMAN said it was inexpedient to entertain the question of a reduction of toll. A dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum for the half-year ending Dec. 31 was declared, and it was resolved that the remuneration of the directors be increased from £lOO to £2OO per annum. CARLISLE AND SELLOTH BAY. The half-yearly statement of accounts showed that the amount expended upon capital account had been £254,382. The general revenue account started the half-year with a debit balance of £1,515. The sum of LSOO had during the past half-year been paid an interest and commission to bankers and others; while on the other side there was a credit of £916, being the amount of fixed rent received from the North British Company, less income tax, and certain charges. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL: The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the oflio,r, Leadenhall-street, Mr. J, Chapman in the chair. The report w. s taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. LAMBERT seconded the report. Mr. FENMELL asked how much it would cost to double the 20 miles of line. The SECRETARY said the engineer's estimate was £lOO,OOO or £5,000 per mile. The report was adopted unanimously. The dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. was then declared, and Sir W. Medlycott and Mr. R. Nofman, the retiring directors, and Mr. Butt, the retiring auditor, were re elected, DUTCH RHENISH. The receipts from the commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, 1863, to the 15th of February, amounted to £182,928, showing an increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £13,097 ; and the working expenses to £71,783, or 39.23 per cent. of the receipt, GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The directors state in their report that the earnings of the half-year ending December 31 amount to £477,839, and the ordinary working expenses to £275,073, leaving a balance of £202,766 ; out of which £37,037 is deducted for renewals of permanent way, leaving a net balance of £165,729. From this is deducted £13,104, the nominal amount for postal and military service receipts, £20,033 for loss ou American cur rency, £14,367 for interest on certain loans and debentures, £31,092 for rent of Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, £11,250 for rent of Detroit line, £19,921 for interest on first preference shares, and £24,715 for interest on second pre ference shares, leaving a balance of £532. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic from the commencement of the current half-year to February 13 amounted to £11,821, and at that date there was a further sum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 114,385 dole. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday th 3 committees appointed to decide upon the merits of certain new railways met for the first time in the north corridor of the House of Commons. where the attend ance of the public and of the parties interested was un usually large. The first committee, consisting of Mr. G. Hardy (chairman), Sir J. Acton, Sir H. Bruce, and Messrs. Bellew and Walker, had referred for their consideration the following suburban railways : —Edgware, Highgate, and London—Tottenham and Hampstead Junction (A!exandra park Extensions)—Hammersmith and City—Hammer smith and Wimbledon—Crystal Palace and South London Junction—Crystal Palace (new railways)—Finchley, Wil lesden, and Acton—Kew, Turnham Green, and Hammer smith—Kingston, Tooting, and London—London and South-Western (Kensington, &c., Extension)—North and South-Western Junction—Tooting, Merton and Wimble don—Watford and Edgware Junction—and Wood-green and Enfield Railway. The committee selected for conside ration the Alexandra-park railways—the Edgware, High gate, and London—and the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction. Mr. venison, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Wilkin son, opened the case for the promoters of the Edgware, Highgate and London at great length. The object was to make as extension from the main line, which would be completed by the end of the year, and which runs from the Great Northern, through Highgate, Finchley, and Hendon, to Edgware. The extension, though only 1 mile 54 chains, was most important, since it would commence at the Great Northern at Hornsey, and connect Alexandra-park and Muswell-hill with the metropolis. Lord Fermoy, M.P., chairman of the Alexandra-park Company, and Mr. J. Everett gave evidence in favour of both the proposed Alex andr&-park lines. They would prefer, however, that they should stop outside the park•gates, and that the line within it should be made by the Park company. Mr. Cal,vk - well, manager of the Landon and North-Western, and Mr. Fuller, surveyor, were also examined in favour of the LA tenharn line. Mr. Merewether, Q.C., who appeared forth° competing line, the Tottenham and Hampstead (Alexandra Extension), stated that it would be 2 miles and 15 chains from a junction with the company's authorized line, near the north side of the Holloway-road, to Bath-lodge, Mus well-hill ; and that the second portion would be one mile three chains from the last point to a junction with the Great Northern at its Colney latch and Southgate station. After some further evidence, the committee adjourned to 12 o'clock this day. The Dwellings of the Poor in Shoreditch, Yesterday an ac journed inquest was resumed by Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, at the Blue Last Tavern, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, touching the death of a child named Ellen Kenealey, aged 1 year and 3 months. The evidence in this case disclosed a painful state of things with regard to the habitations of the poorer classes in a part of Shoreditch. The deceased, it may be stated, was one of two children dwelling with their parents, labouring people, at 26, Harris-buildings, Union-gardens, Shoreditch. They were both taken ill three weeks ago, and on Sunday last deceased died. The mother thought they had the measles, but there had been a rash, &c., and the medical man who was called in after death could not account for the fatality, but he said that the state of the place was such that the want of oxygen would cause asphyxia, and so death, if the child had been debilitated. The house and neighbourhood were described as follows, by witnesses who were manifestly reluctant to be examined : Mary Kenealey, 26, Harris-buildings, said that her house contained but two rooms, one over the other. Witness, her husband, her two children, and her husband's brother, all slept in the top room. They broke a window to let in air. The rent was 3s a week, There were two privies for eight houses, and only one dustbin for 20 houses. The dust was not regularly removed, and it had to be thrown about the place to dry up and harden the ground, there being no sewer. The houses were very damp, as the water and slush remained in the yard until it sank into the earth. There was only one water-tap for 13 houses, and the water was laid on some • times for only 10 minutes, and never more than a half hour in the 24. There were no water-butts, and the water had to be kept in pans and tubs in the hiusba. Two persons in the court had sheds to keep their water in. The witness said that the deceased was naturally a healthy child, and she never thought it would be snatched away from her so suddenly. Mr. Long was the landlord. Eliza Cooper, 3, Cook'c-place, said that she was used to the smell in the place, and it was no incon venience to her. When the water was kept in the house for a day it became bad, and had to be thrown out. The walls of the houses were crumbling. The slush used to flow into witness's house, and she got a severe illness from it. When the people constructing the new railway came they sat that right as they had to construct a sewer, The in -fleeter of nuisances never came. Once "two railway gen - nut their heads over the paling and asked how were ^n being told they were very bad, the gen rhe one dustbin of the neigh -.'s door, and the dust an agent who tlemen the closets, anu tlemen had them trappetA. bourhood was right opposite witne... used to be blown in about the house. It ),,,.. collected the rents. Dir. F. G. Gant, F.R.C.S., pathological anatomist to : a° Royal Free llcspital, said that by direction of the coroner he made a post mortem examination of the body of the de ceased. The deceased was a well-nourished child. The congested state of the lungs and veins proved that the child died from asphyxia, resulting from a failure of the supply of arterial blood from the heart. Having arrived at that conclusion, ho proceeded to inspect the premises. He found the place undrained and unpaved. The woman told him she was so anxious to got the yard paved that she had begun to collect paving stones. She got ono somewhere cn each Sunday, and 9 beginning had already been made. There was green stuff and water lying about in the yard. One watercloset had to serve for several houses. The smell that would arise from the yard would be most prejudicial to health. 'fho supply of water was deficient. He should oertainly suggeat that a drain should be made to carry off the stagnant water frot4 the yard. It was quite possible that the decea.""cre 6liffjeatiCia th is case may have arisen from the result of me.i'lea* Mr. Ellison, surgeon, con :nrrel with. Mr. &Atv.t's state ment. The Coroner said that he had received a le, Long, the landlord, stating that he would be most an.. to carry out any improvements that might be necessary, and the necessity of which had escaped his observation. The Jury returned a verdict—" That deceased died from asphyxia from natural causes," and the jury requested that the coroner would call tho attention of the landlord of Harris-buildings to the danger to the public health arising from the state of the premises, and the want of a proper supply of water, of a proper number of privies, and the unpaved state of the yard, "at frets Mr. feats The Coroner said 11Q should act upon that recouam clativu, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Ttetes.—A glance at the seep of 'Europe is stifS eleet t' show that there are severe' reeeens which, in various degrees, singly or in combination, have constituted its several divisions as they now stand. The geographical reason prevails in large islands and peninsulas, in regions backed by mountain ranges, frozen deserts, or inhospitable seas. Th e national reason, or the influence of race, tells most when the cognate branches of some one human family have been closely packed, and other circum stances have favoured their assimilation and fusion. The political reason takes its origin from history— from the achievements of conquerors and great statesmen, or from a course of policy favourable to alliances and compacts for mutual advantage, leading to closer and more permanent union. If we review the States of Europe under these three divisions, it will be observed that the most enterprising, ambitious, and revolutionary are those which either possess the concentrated strength of a great race, or the perfect security of a good geographical position, or both these advantages. The most conservative are those which have grown out of policy, and must depend upon it. It may be a bold word to say, so we say it in all humility—. nothing but a folly approaching to madness can pre vent France, England, and Russia from being very great Powers. This cannot be said of any one of the States that lie between them. The more we admire the genius and the audacity which made Prussia in the last century, the more we must admit that her existence depends every day on the soldier and the statesman. The more we ad mire the astuteness, the good fortune, the patience and fortitude, and all the good and evil qualities which have packed the Austrian empire, and have held it together, the more must we see that so motley a population, and so federal a Go vernment will only hold together so long as its policy is modest and wise. When Metternich called " Italy'' a geographical expression, he spoke like a clever craftsman doing honour to his own craft ; but he must have inwardly lamented that the Aus trian Empire had neither a geographical origin nor the bond of race; nothing, in fact, but the policy of which he was a master. How fine that cunning thread, and how easily broken, he well knew when he foretold the " deluge" that should come even earlier than he expected. As he found it, so he left it—a virtual federation, the form of dynastic unity; telanndle of races, allied with some loyalty, but more sense of mutual benefit. But it is a combina tion fatal to political enterprise. All that Austria can safely attempt is to keep things together and as they are, to hold its own if possible, to leave its neighbours alone, to maintain a good police on its frontiers, cul tivate tolerable relations with its neighbours, and let the influences of peace do their work in cement ing and mixing her various and scarcely congruous races. Such is the Power which, urged by sudden impulse, has raced across Europe to inflict a deadly wound on another Power, whose only crime was to resemble Austria herself in the composition of her reople and her designs for their amalgamation. Denmark, with much more reason than Austria, and a longer prescription to plead in her favour, has been attempting, perhaps not with equal clever ness, but with more than equal candour, to reduce into an actual administrative unity provinces which have been held together now, without interruption, for several generations. There is not a fault to be found with the Danish policy that does not lie against the Austrians, in the dealings of the house of Hapsburg with its discordant multitude of sub jects. The difference in favour of Austria is one of might, not right, for she conspires and co-operates, after a fashion, with forty million Germans, akin to the malcontents with whom Christian IX. has to deal, hostile to those under Francis Joseph. But as Austria lives and breathes by policy, by policy she must stand or fall. As she does to Den• mark, so must she expect to be done by. What ever she says to Denmark must be read in Venetia, in Huneary,in Transylvania, andfealicia. When she declares war upon Denmark she declares war alto in behalf of all those alien dependencies against her self. W hen she says this is her time, she proclaims with trumpet voice that this is their time also to assert their national independence. So Austria finds, in fact ; for scarcely has she completed her occupa tion of Schleswig before she has to deal with the more terrible occupation of one of her own provinces by the original race itself, fighting with the best means and the best weapons at its command. Eng lishmen can speak their thoughts with a good con science at such a time. We, too, have had to deal with divers races, but we have done all that wars possible to make them one, and, on the whole, we have succeeded. Our only interest in the approach ing conflict is that populations held under an alien Crown shall either be made to feel that their true interest, their improvement, and their self-respect lie that way, or shall achieve their independence. But France has not that purely philanthropic interest in the question,nor even has Russia. France, with her commanding geographical position, has a singularly homogeneous people. Her varieties of race sink into insignificance compared with her oneness. Indeed, the policy of all he r great states men has been direeted for centuries to the aboli tion of everything that could stand in the way of unity. The nobility, religion, language —every thing liable to assume a local and independent cha racter„has been beaten or smoothed down into the ideal Frenchman. The result is a power unknown to any other forty millions of men. But France hes her grievance, the abstract justice of which cannot be denied. She sees beyond the frontier imposed by European jealousy, but within the frontier that Nature herself seemed to ordain, a large population more French than German, and disposed to union with her. This is her interest in the gathering strife ; and at the present time the only object of ambition placed within her reach. If Germany, whether in the Diet or in a less regular way, by the hands of her two most powerful States, lays down the law and carries out the prin ciple that no Germans shall be allowed to remain under an alien Crawn (the Rhenish provinces fall by natural gravitation into the lap of France. England has already laid down the self-denying ordinance that she will not interfere again to arrange the map of Europe, unless she be required either by treaty or a necessary regard to her own interest. Whether we should indeed look on quietly must be left to the circumstances of the time and season, but such is our present attitude. France, then, is the State principally interested in the success of this mon strous aggression. But what " nationality" will fail to hear the call, and hesitate to obey it, even if it has waited for that time? There is not a State between the Mediterranean and the Baltic that is not either encouraged or menaced by this movement, and told that now, if ever, is the time to get its own again, o' keep and acquire what it can. POST.—The despatches which relate to the special mission of Lord Wodehouse to the Danish Court are those which in that mass of correspondence known as the Danish papers will be read with the greatest interest. The Dano-German dispute underwent so total a change on the death of Frederick VII. that, except as a matter of historic interest, the negotia tions to which the Schleswig-Holstein question had previously given rise possess but little intrinsic value. On the accession of Christian IX., however, the right of succession to the Duchies became for the first time agitated, and almost simultaneously the promulgation of a oorn mon constitution for Schles wig and the Kingdom Proper gave to the German Powers a fresh pretext for pursuing towards Den mark that aggressive policy on which they had long resolved. The miesion ()Mord Wodehouse, accredited as that nobleman was to the Court of Copenhagen, with the object of congratulating the new Sovereign on his accession to the throne, consequently marks the opening of a new phase of the Dano-German question, and the fact that the English Govern ment took advantage of his visit to Denmark to unfold their views of the policy which, to their minds, it was incumbent on the Danish Cabinet to pursue, rendersit equally the starting-point of those negociations which have hitherto produced such un profitable results. In the last instalment of the Danish correspondence presented to Parliament are contained the special instructions given by the Go vernment to Lord Wodehouse on his departure from Engiatoe4 together with the su b s t ance o f the com munications , passed between our Env o y an d amser when the form er was t a the e B Prussian lin. Prime m This blue book also contains a very re markable despatch of the English Foreign Secre tary on the subject of the common Constitution ; but as the correspondence ioce pot extend beyond the middle of December, the time of Lord Wode house's arrival at Copenhagen, no information is afforded respecting his communications with the Danish Government or of the result of hie mission. The documents before us, however, furnish ample matter for comment. So far as we can gather from the letter of instructions ad dressed by Earl Russell to Lord Wode house, the latter was authorised tq exercise the quasi-judicial function of hearing the com plaints of the aggrieved parties, and then to tran mit them to the English Foreign-ottiee, there to be duly sifted by her Majesty's Secretary of State. It is not my purpose,' writes Earl Russell on the 9'.11 ef pacember, " either to point out how these engagemeote ,(the diplomatic engagements entered )3!. , n ri ne 6 ;a e r t k e with t 4 v n i s 4 hr b i a o Read t Prussia in 1851) inisters of to wake their eemplaints oh h., further inetrueted se Prance, have been . Austria and Prase,. this head." The Ambassauo, to communicate with the Ministers u. _ Russia, and Sweden at the Danish Court, and, it possible, to induce them to make joint representa tion the Danish Government, the main object to be kept in view being the fulfilment of the Treaty of 1852, as well as of the engagements respectively entered into by Denmark, Austria, and Prussia in the preceding year. Frcm this despatch, then it would seem that, in the first instance, Lor Wodehouse was simply directed to sound the Ger ream Powers, and that the do finite attitude to be assumed by him towards the Danish Government was left to ho determined by subsequent events. In pursuance of his instructions, Lord Wode house went, in the first place, to Berlin, and there had an interview with M. von Bismark. The sub stance of the conversation which psssed between them is contained in a despatch from Lord Wode house to Earl Russell, dated December 12, and is important as manifesting without any affectation of concealment the true grounds of the hostility of the leading Powers of Germany to Denmark. It was not, as was generally supposed, to rescue either the Schleswigers or the Holsteiners from a despotism which was intolerable to them that Austria and Prussia were about to take up arms against Den mark. The object of the German Powers was far different. "'l he fact was," said M. von Bisrnark, " that Germany would never be on good terms with Denmark so long as the present democratic institutions of Denmark were maintained." It was not, we are left to suppose, because the common Constitution of November tended to incorporate Schleswig with the Kingdom Proper that it gave umbrage to Austria and Prussia, but because it tended to disseminate the prin ciples of constitutional liberty, and against such dissemination Austria and Prussia felt it to be their duty to protest. " Let the King of Denmark,'' said M. Von Bismark, "dismiss his Ministers ; a coup (taut would be the best solution of the diffi culty." Such was the language of the Prussian Minister to our Envoy, and such the counsel which he desired to be transmitted to a constitutional king within a month after his accession to the throne. As, however, the German Powers could not decently proclaim to the world that their main object in attacking Denmark was to crush free institutions, the stalking-horse of Schleswig-Holsteinism was once. more turned to accoun t, an d th e E ng l s h Minister was informed that the Danish Govern ment would be req u i re d t o suspen d t h e common Constitution before the Ist of January, which was known to be impossible, and to fulfil their engage ments of 1851 in such a manner that the existing connection between the Kingdom Proper of Den mark and Schleswig should be finally severed. In communicating what passed at this interview, Lord Wodebouse fulfilled the first portion of his mires sion. The English Government were then made perfectly acquainted with the specific nature of German grievances and German demands, The neat despatch in the series to which it is necessary to refer was addressed by Earl Russell to Lord Wodehouse on the 17th of December, and conse quently subsequent to the receipt of Lord Wode. house's despatches of the 12th. By this time, just eight days after the date of the letter of instructions above referred to, the Foreign Secretary had evi dently made up his mind on the merits of the chief question in dispute between Germany and Danmark. The Ministers of Austria and Prussia had made their complaints, and Earl Russell was now in a position to affirm that Denmark had violated her engagements. In the despatch of 17th December the Foreign Secretary unhesitatingly declares thnt the Constitution of November virtually effected an incorporation of Schleswig with Den mark, and, being consequently a violation 01 the engagements entered into by the Danish Crown, ought forthwith to be repealed. " How this is to be done," the despatch concludes," it belongs to the King of Denmark, his Ministers, and his Parlia ment to decide, It is the wish of her Majesty's Go vernment that it should be done in the manner most suitable to the dignity and character of Den-. mark as a free and independent State." As this brings us to the point where the Special Envoy received definite itistrectiona respecting the lan guage he was to hold to the Danish Cabinet, and as the correspendence already published carries us no further than the date of his arrival at Copenhagen) we will for the present abstain from offering any tht commentthe onalish on those instructions, We now know Government did press upon the Danish Cabinet the necessity of revoking the com mon Constitution ; but how the latter received those counoiht we have yet to learn. COUNTRY MARKETS, LEEDS—.TUESDAY.Having only a thin attendance of millers, and a limited demand for wheat, the trade must be called nominally the same as last Tuesday. Very little business was done in barley, which brought late rates, Oats and beans rather cheaper. LIVERPOOL —TUESDA Y . There was a small attendance both of town dealers and country millers at market to-day. Wheat met with a retail trade, at id to 2d per qr under late rates. Flour difficult td move, although offered at a decline of 6d per barrel and 1 0 per sack. Oats and oatmeal ware easier at late quotations. Barley, beans, and peas met a dull sale, and it anything cheaper. Very little business in Indian corn—American 28a 9d. SHEFFIELD —TUESDAY, There was a small show of grain to-day, and last Tueg• day's rates were supported, but the trade was limited. The attendance was thin. Red wheat, par load of 3 imperial bushels 15s Od to 18s 01 'White Od to 20s 0, Now red New white " Bears Peas, per qr Grinding; barley, per qr Malting°ditto, ~ Oats to Flour, 'is 4d to is 8d per 1 1 : 1 4'1131 . 1) 059.7592 88:838 °66°°°:dddddc to 4;112 48671 i °dill MARKET TIARBOROUGH—TUESDAT. White wheat, 40s to 455; red, 3Ss to 42s per 36 stop!' Malting b ar l ey at 33s to 37s per qr. ;' grinding, 20s:to 3-,1, per 30 sty O a t s, old, 27s to 335; new,. 20s to 24s per 3 u st. ; beans, 33s to 40s per qr. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. A fair supply of wheat to-day, and the trade not brisk Prices not materially altered. s.d. s.d. Wheat, white 2-1 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to . — 0 e. d. F. di: vn Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 Beans.. 0 to --- u n Bern - Rapeseed 0 to -- Bakers' flour Indian corn 27 oto 2S Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Mar. 2° ' via Mars e ill es .. Mar. 14. draail and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of G oo d H ope, Ascension, and St. Helena—Mar. 3 9' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 3 ; —'.. via Marseilles ...Mar. 1 4 . Falkland I s l ands..... Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 3 : via Marseilles Mar. 1 4 . . India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13 Mar. 7 . Portugal.... via Marseill es Mar. 6 . Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 3 . via Marseille s Mar. 7. Newfoundland .... Oporto and 'Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pack e t., Mar. `. l . by U.S. packet A. by Canadian packet Mar. ',, W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Teueriffo Bahamas, via New York ' Mexico ....... . Feb . ivi\laarr: g ." •••• V. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I F e b. V. California, and British Columbia. ........... .1 I, Nor% (ADVERTISEMENTI- 11 0110vray's Weakness.—lt is not too much to say that these purifYil Pills are th e s t epp i ng stones from debility to health. increase the appetite, promote digestion, regulate the 1 1 4 stimulate the bo we l s , an d rouse the kidneys—advantag e ( which will be s o u g ht i n va i n in any other co m bination i 0 ° innocent drugs. A course o f these excellent Pills balan ces the circulation, b races t h e unstrung nerves, gives firmness ; to the flaccid musc l e, and developes natural energy of chat ratter— conditions necessary f or com f orta b le existence, be indispensable for a h appy life. Holloway's Pills wiq rho found useful by th e mem b ers of every hoUseheld• young, th e mature, and aged will di scover t h at t h es e it, less Pill s exhibit themselves according to each individua l need, Births. +lO E tt/ 40 N%—On the 28th u l t., at Bouttham hail 1 , near .1.4 6 coin, the wife o f M a j or Richard George Ellison, c,'". daughter. Roureß.—O n th e 2 8th ult,, at Gowran Grange; g J.,84 tbd Baroness de Itobeck, of a son. TATE.—On the 27th u:t , at The 'Woodlands, Islecvort bt Mrs. R. C. Tate, of a non. Marriages, SCIILOTEL—Cott2IiO.—On the Ist ink ,w §t. Mattbe Oakley-square, Charles Arthur Schlotel Esq., Jas' of l' a f E tarrace, Wandsw ort h , to roily, elde s t daughter of - X. Culling, Esq., llampskad-road. WILSON—WILMoT.—On the 27th inst. at St. ° in-the-Fields, Cliff ord, son of Mr. Charles Nilson, Pio Richmond, Surrey, t o S op hi a, second daughter late Mr. John Wihuot, of Isleworth. Deaths. ARIIWRIGHT.—On the 29 t h ult th Arkwr.g htf 0 ..ey. J. - of Mark Hall, Essex. ASSLIN.—On the 29th ult., at Mulg rave - p l a ce, Woolwi ch ' Thomas Asslin, E sq , , aged 69. BA.RWICK.—On the 27th ult., at Derby, William BarVi'' Af Esq„ aged 68, B the 29th u lt, a t Brompton, Mrs. Ja il/e° Barker, aged 50. .2 f a ir, LECHMEItE.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Queen-street, MO hen s. Santßeginald Hungerford, infant son of Sir Edmund 4ncly 4ePhqapre §tep' R° liEnTs. - On the Ist inst , at 7, Burlington-road , l os "ad 60, -oNuare, W Sir Thomas Rowland Itooe ,~; ~;rA~ Lond en: Primed and I'vbilehed by NvILLIAu . 02, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'I LIE SUN Otnce 'No' a Strand, in the Precinct of the tavoy , in the Cow MildieleX.-7WetIACOChtY, Ilittrell 2 , 1861.